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Do you know how to write in cursive style?

I learned to write in cursive style as an 8-year-old in school.

According to Wikipedia "Cursive has been in decline throughout the 21st century due to its perceived lack of necessity."  Some years ago, a teacher's union called cursive a "dying art."  Other consider cursive too tedious to learn and question its usefulness because of the widespread usage of computers and the teaching of "keyboard proficiency" instead of cursive.  

Posted - June 29, 2021

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  • 1953
    Yes and i practice the art of calligraphy. 
      June 29, 2021 8:03 AM MDT
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  • Wow, calligraphy!  
      June 29, 2021 8:42 AM MDT
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  • 44605
    Yes...I learned how 60 years ago, but I never was good at it.
      June 29, 2021 8:19 AM MDT
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  • I also learned to write in cursive style 60 years ago.  It was difficult to learn, and I'm always slow in writing cursive.  
      June 29, 2021 8:29 AM MDT
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  • 44605
    Me, too. My wife's cursive is beautiful...she writes checks for me and addresses envelopes.
      June 29, 2021 8:34 AM MDT
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  • 7792
    Yea, but I won't.
      June 29, 2021 8:22 AM MDT
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  • 19937
    Yes.  Back in the Pleistocene Age, we learned to write in cursive style.  I still use it, but my handwriting has gotten a bit sloppy since most everything I do is typewritten these days.
      June 29, 2021 9:09 AM MDT
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  • 53506

     

      Yes. I learned it at a very young age, it was the norm as I was growing up, and I was often complimented by others for how legible they found my handwriting. My mother’s cursive writing is practically unreadable, and has been that way since I first tried to decipher it.
    ~

      June 29, 2021 9:24 AM MDT
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  • 10636
    I always made my mom print because I could never read her handwriting.
      June 29, 2021 11:05 AM MDT
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  • 53506

     

      I’ve never actively made my mother do anything, nor have I tried!


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      June 29, 2021 3:58 PM MDT
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  • 10636
    Yes.  I was taught that in third grade.  However, just like then, no one can read my handwriting (not even me).
      June 29, 2021 11:02 AM MDT
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  • I have very poor penmanship.  I, too, sometimes have difficulty in reading my handwriting.  
      June 29, 2021 3:41 PM MDT
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  • 581
    Yes I do.  I can even read it.
      June 29, 2021 11:49 AM MDT
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  • 17593
    Beautifully.  The schools in my hometown, as well as where I now live, teach cursive.   These state require it:



    Alabama
    Arizona
    Arkansas
    Delaware
    Florida
    Georgia
    Illinois
    Indiana (New Update!)
    Kentucky
    Louisiana
    Maryland
    Massachussets
    Mississippi
    North Carolina
    Ohio
    Oklahoma
    South Carolina
    Tennessee
    Texas
    Virginia
    West Virginia
      June 29, 2021 8:18 PM MDT
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  • 34253
    Yes. But normally I print unless signing my name.  It is easier.for people to read it.
      July 2, 2021 6:41 AM MDT
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